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May 06, 2026
The Sixth Circuit's recent decision to scrutinize the National Labor Relations Board's evidence of harm when it seeks emergency injunctions signals that courts may give the board a tougher time as they grapple with U.S. Supreme Court precedent eroding the courts' deference to the agency.
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May 06, 2026
A Minnesota federal judge Wednesday refused to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's 2025 guidance that rescinded a policy barring federal agencies from carrying out immigration enforcement actions near public schools, ruling that the educators challenging the policy have failed to show they are likely to establish standing.
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May 06, 2026
A Texas federal judge delayed the deposition of multiple pilots after Southwest's union alleged the airline threatened witnesses with discipline right before they sat for depositions, saying the company could not bring new disciplinary actions against union-related witnesses for actions from over two years ago without prior court approval.
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May 06, 2026
The International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO received approval Wednesday in Florida bankruptcy court to modify the automatic stay in its Chapter 11 case to pursue its appeal of an adverse state court judgment in a sexual harassment case that drove it into bankruptcy last month.
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May 06, 2026
A National Labor Relations Board official has tossed a Teamsters local's bid to represent a group of employees at a security services company in California, finding that some of the workers are not eligible to be represented by a union that represents employees who are not guards.
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May 06, 2026
A National Labor Relations Board official rejected a Laborers local's petition to change the description of the 107-member unit that the union represents at a Colorado traffic-control company, saying the current label fits the unit better than the one the union seeks.
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May 06, 2026
The D.C. Circuit will expedite its review of challenges to the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial licenses for foreign truck drivers, but has already expressed skepticism about the petitioners' claims that the restrictions are pretext for an anti-immigrant agenda of the Trump administration.
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May 06, 2026
A California federal judge has ordered Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials to preserve Signal messages tied to FEMA operations in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's restructuring efforts, citing concerns that officials used disappearing-message settings while discussing matters relevant to the case.
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May 06, 2026
ADT violated federal labor law by soliciting the decertification of an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local and promising workers better benefits and working conditions if they got rid of the union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.
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May 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court should revive claims that the New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund was mismanaged, a Teamsters-represented worker argued, asking the justices to breathe new life into his twice-dismissed Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit.
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May 05, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a bakery company's bid for review of a union multiemployer pension withdrawal bill, the Fourth Circuit held a bonus plan was exempt from federal benefits law, and the Sixth Circuit ruled federal law preempted Arkansas pharmacy benefit manager laws and regulations. Here's more on those and two other major decisions from April that benefits attorneys may want to know.
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May 05, 2026
Three labor unions cited a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in their lawsuit alleging a government surveillance program scours online activity for viewpoints the Trump administration dislikes and leverages the threat of immigration enforcement to suppress speech, arguing that the high court's decision supports their standing in the case.
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May 05, 2026
The Gateway Development Commission asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a construction contractor's constitutional challenge to a project labor agreement that the commission used on a Hudson Tunnel Project initiative, saying the PLA requirement that the contractor is fighting doesn't violate the right to freedom of association.
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May 05, 2026
A former equity principal from Jackson Lewis PC with nearly three decades of experience representing and counseling employers on labor and employment issues has joined Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC as a shareholder in its Boston office, the firm has announced.
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May 05, 2026
The Third Circuit on Tuesday held that a pilot who sued Piedmont Airlines Inc. for allegedly discriminating against him by refusing him a $70,000 bonus because he was away on military duty must arbitrate his claims because it involves an interpretation of his union's collective bargaining agreement.
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May 05, 2026
Alcoa USA Corp. and a class of retirees told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they had reached a tentative settlement in a long-running dispute over union retiree life insurance benefits, asking the court to cancel a scheduled May 20 oral argument while they finalize the deal.
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May 04, 2026
Rival airlines have scrambled to boost routes, plug service gaps and snatch up Spirit Airlines customers in the two days since the budget carrier's demise, raising alarms about what other casualties might be in store for an airline industry reeling from skyrocketing jet fuel costs.
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May 04, 2026
Federal judges shouldn't issue injunctions in failure-to-bargain cases unless concrete evidence shows that the employer's snub of the union will cause harm, a split Sixth Circuit panel has decided, dissolving an injunction against a Michigan hospital and creating a circuit split on the question of when such injunctions are appropriate.
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May 04, 2026
Virginia is poised to expand public sector bargaining rights for the second time in less than a decade, a move that experts said would be a victory for organized labor and a fundamental shift for public employees in the commonwealth.
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May 04, 2026
Macy's Inc.'s challenge to a Ninth Circuit ruling upholding a National Labor Relations Board order to reinstate strikers misstates the controlling precedent and mounts an "academic" attack on the board's heightened remedies, the operating engineers said Monday in a brief opposing U.S. Supreme Court review.
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May 04, 2026
Faculty members at a network of Arizona charter schools can vote on representation by an American Federation of Teachers affiliate, a National Labor Relations Board official has ruled, rejecting the school's argument that it is a political subdivision exempt from federal labor law.
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May 04, 2026
An advocacy nonprofit focused on the rights of Jewish people announced Monday that it has filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the National Education Association has let antisemitism pervade its ranks.
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May 04, 2026
A group of union carpenters and the trustees of their retirement plans have reached a proposed settlement in a class action accusing the fiduciaries of mismanaging pension assets by investing in risky hedge funds that lost more than $250 million.
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May 04, 2026
A Montana dental office violated federal labor law by firing an employee for discussing a bonus related to bill collections with a co-worker after telling her not to do so, a National Labor Relations Board judge held.
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May 04, 2026
Newberg Construction Co. Inc. has asked an Illinois federal court to vacate an arbitration award issued in favor of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, arguing the decision was issued without any valid agreement binding the company to the union.